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Murder on the Orient Express
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Summary
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Chapters 1–3, Part one
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Chapters 6–8, Part one
Chapter 1–3, Part two
Chapters 4–6, Part two
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Chapters 13–15
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Chapter 9, Part three
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Hercule Poirot
Mrs. Hubbard
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Chapters 1-3, Part one
Chapters 4-5, Part one
Chapters 6-8, Part one
Chapter 1-3, Part two
Chapters 4-6, Part two
Chapters 7-9, Part two
Chapters 10-12, Part two
Chapters 13-15
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Chapters 4-6, Section three
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Chapter 9, Part three
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Chapters 4-6, Section three Quiz
Further Study
Chapters 4-6, Section three Quiz
1
of 5
Who was Suzanne, whose death Poirot asks the Countess about?
Daisy Armstrong's nursery maid
The Countess's mother
Princess Dragomiroff's daughter
M. Bouc's wife
2
of 5
What is the Countess's real name?
Elena Stengelberg
Yelena Dragomiroff
Helena Goldenberg
Sonia Armstrong
3
of 5
Per the Princess, the letter on the handkerchief is actually which Russian character?
C
N
P
V
4
of 5
Who assures Poirot that nobody with "so frail a physique" as the Princess could have murdered Ratchett?
Dr. Constantine
M. Bouc
Count Andrenyi
Cyrus Hardman
5
of 5
What does Poirot immediately asks Colonel Arbuthnot about when he arrives for his second interview?
The handkerchief
His relationship with Mary
The pipe cleaners
His real name
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